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A high school is proud of its advanced

chemistry class, in which its 16 students

scored an average of 89.3 on the statewide

exam, with s 9. a, Test the null hypothesis

that the advanced class is just a random

selection from the state population (IL =

84.7), using alpha .05 (two-tailed). b. Test

the same hypothesis at the .01 level (two-

tailed). Considering your decision with

respect to the null hypothesis, what type of

 error (Type I or Type II) could you be

making? 2. Are serial killers more

introverted than the general population? A

sample of 14 serial killers serving life

sentences was tested and found to have a

mean introversion score (X) of 42 with s =

6.8. If the population mean (IL) is 36, are

the serial killers significantly more

introverted at the .05 level? (Perform the

appropriate one-tailed test, although

 normally it would not be justified.) *3. A

researcher is trying to estimate the average

number of children born to couples who do

not practice birth controL The mean for a

random sample of 1 00 such couples is 5.2

with s = 2.1. a. Find the 95% confidence

interval for the mean (IL) of all couples not

practicing birth control. b. If the researcher

had sampled 400 couples and found the

same sample mean and standard deviation

as in part a, what would be the limits of the

95% CI for the population mean? c.

Compare the width of the CI in part a with

the width of the CI in part b. What is the

general principle relating changes in sample

size to changes in the width of the CI? *4. A

psychologist studying the dynamics of

marriage wanted to know how many hours

per week the average American couple

spends discussing marital problems. The

 sample mean (X) of 155 randomly selected

couples turned out to be 2.6 hours, with s =

1 .8. a. Find the 95% confidence interval for

the mean (IL) of the population. b. A

European study had already estimated the

population mean to be 3 hours per week for

European couples. Are the American

couples significantly different from the

European couples a